
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia
A 57-year-old male was admitted for a lesion in a long-segment Barrett’s oesophagus (C10&M13 according to Prague Classification).
A 57-year-old male was admitted for a lesion in a long-segment Barrett’s oesophagus (C10&M13 according to Prague Classification).
An 80-year old man was referred for endoscopic mucosal resection of a 10 cm rectal adenoma. His main symptom was debilitating mucous discharge and diarrhoea. He had multiple cardiac co-morbidities that prevented curative surgical resection. The endoscopic assessment was performed to exclude foci of cancer.
71-year old woman with serrated polyposis syndrome.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has proposed the PIVI statements in order to leave diminutive colorectal polyps in place without resection or to resect the lesions without subsequent histopathological diagnosis1. The basis of the PIVI statement is an adequate optical in vivo diagnosis of colorectal polyps2,3.